Land­scapes
of Memories

Artistic and Activist Forms of Remembrance

Festival
Th—Su

All public areas of the Schwankhalle are at ground level and accessible without steps.

There are three different toilets: an accessible toilet that is also suitable for wheelchair users, a toilet with three cubicles and a toilet with urinals and a toilet cubicle.

The audience area is generally seated. The wheelchair spaces are located in the front row and can be reserved in advance by telephone 0421 520 80 70, by email ticket@schwankhalle.de or by making an entry in the ticketshop.

Individual requirements such as specific seats, early boarding or an additional ticket for an accompanying person can also be specified when purchasing or reserving tickets.

Further information on the accessibility of our premises can be found here: Accessibility. If you have any questions, please contact us at ticket@schwankhalle.de or 0421 520 80 70.

Performances
Joint pricing system: 8 / 12 / 18 € (freely selectable)
Cultural semester ticket: free of charge (limited contingent)
Bremen Pass: 3 €

Lectures & city walks free of charge

Debates on how to deal with history are more urgent than ever. Only very few contemporary witnesses of the Shoah are still alive, right-wing discourses and racist acts of violence like those of the NSU have massively increased. The past shows that remembrance can become a contested field in regard to whose history is told, whose experience is given space and whose voice is heard and persists. Often, especially the victims, their surviving relatives and friends and marginalized communities have to fight for the public commemo­ration of their history. The festival »Landscapes of Memories – Artistic and Activist Forms of Rememberance« brings this work to the fore and seeks to offer a space for exchange, remembrance in solidarity and joint action.

On four days, the Schwankhalle invites visitors to fathom possibilities and strategies of remembrance work for the future together with artists, activists and mediators. The artistic and activist contributions highlight the significance of a common and at once multifarious remembrance practice for the present. How can solidarity, empathy and diversity be protected in the face of rising fascism, racism and national pride?

The presented works show that memories can reinforce each other and reveal cross connections. They offer spaces for experience, potentiality and not last commemoration. They ask: With which forms and formats can people of different generations be activated and invited to become part of the remembrance work themselves? What must a landscape of memories be like for diverse perspectives on history to simultaneously find a place? And should the remembrance culture of a society that has acknowledged its own diversity change?

Funded by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. With the kind support of the Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen.